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Thursday, 5 May 2011

Mountain honey

This strange-looking object was one of the specialities I came across in Yangshuo, China: apparently, the moss-covered object is a lump of wild mountain honey. The mass above still has a piece of branch through its middle. It has dried into a solid piece, and is chopped up with a cleaver and hammer for sale in smaller lumps. Pieces can then be broken off and melted into hot water as a drink.

I've not been able to find out any other information about this. If anybody knows more, I'd love to hear!

This rock honey is amazing. Has a very nice and pleasant smell. For bad cough, cut an orange into halves, put some salt on them and steam for 10 minutes. Then squeeze out the juice and mix about 3cm x 3cm of this rock honey. Stir until dissolve and drink.